FILE PHOTO: Reverend Al Sharpton delivers the eulogy at the funeral for Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, U.S. May 3, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake
(Reuters) -A North Carolina prosecutor will not bring criminal charges against sheriff's deputies for the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown, a Black man, outside his home last month, saying on Tuesday that the killing was justified because Brown endangered their lives by driving toward them.
Pasquotank County District Attorney Andrew Womble said he had concluded his investigation and found no wrongdoing by the deputies, despite calls for prosecution by lawyers for Brown's family, who described his death as an execution.
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